Posted on 05/29/2025 11:41:58 AM PDT by where's_the_Outrage?
FIRST ON FOX— The Justice Department on Thursday formally notified the American Bar Association that it will no longer comply with its ratings process for judicial nominees, the result of what it argues is a biased system and one that "invariably and demonstrably" favors nominees put forth by Democratic administrations.
The letter, sent by U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi to ABA President William R. Bay, was previewed exclusively to Fox News. It marks the latest escalation in a protracted legal fight that Republicans have waged against the nation's largest association of legal workers.
"For several decades, the American Bar Association has received special treatment and enjoyed special access to judicial nominees," Bondi said in the letter. "In some administrations, the ABA received notice of nominees before a nomination was announced to the public. Some administrations would even decide whether to nominate an individual based on a rating assigned by the ABA."
The Justice Department said in the letter that it will no longer grant the ABA the "special treatment" and first access it has received for years.
"Accordingly, while the ABA is free to comment on judicial nominations along with other activist organizations, there is no justification for treating the ABA differently from such other activist organizations and the Department of Justice will not do so."
It also ended an Office of Legal Policy that directed judicial nominees to provide waivers allowing the ABA access to non-public information for nominees, including bar records.
"Nominees will also not respond to questionnaires prepared by the ABA and will not sit for interviews with the ABA," Bondi said.
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Was that Harriet Myers?
Hope he gets a another chance at a nomination. Judge Ho, the Denny’s fan looks promising.
We won’t see the fruits of this decision for thirty years.
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